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We Are All CNN: The Free Beacon Will Never Abandon Our Fellow Journalists In Their Time of Need

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First they came for Matt Lauer. And we did not speak out because we'd rather not defend a liberal hack and notorious sex pest. Then they came for Jim Acosta's press badge. And we did not speak out because we'd rather not defend a sanctimonious windbag.

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    First they came for Matt Lauer. And we did not speak out because we'd rather not defend a liberal hack and notorious sex pest. Then they came for Jim Acosta's press badge. And we did not speak out because we'd rather not defend a sanctimonious windbag.

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